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The DCED is a forum for learning about the most effective ways to create inclusive and resilient economic opportunities – aligned with the SDGs and grounded in practical experience in Private Sector Development (PSD).

This website is the leading knowledge hub on all aspects of PSD.

Conplus Meeting invites researchers, engineers, scholars, and professionals from the world to participate in the International Conference on Sensors and Sensing Technology (ICSST2026), to be held in Florence, Italy from June 15 – 17, 2026.

The African continent’s largest and most influential connectivity event. Join influential global business leaders and African policymakers at the event that sets the agenda for the next 12 months and beyond.

88% of attendees at last year’s event discovered new and valuable business contacts. All sub-regions of Africa gathered at one event.

Huge international presence with high-level attendees from 94 countries and territories represented last year.

This year, fintech and security each get a dedicated summit following MWC’s increased focus on verticals. Other summits include 5G and GSMA Open Gateway.

2025 sees the addition of the Ministerial Programme – a platform for high-level discussions on socio-economic development through mobile technologies and the impact of our industries on the UN SDGs.
Discover the showfloor packed with new technologies, products and solutions that address today’s and tomorrow’s challenges.

The African continent’s largest and most influential connectivity event.

World Agri-Tech’s South America Summit spotlights the vast potential the region holds in scaling innovation and driving the global transition to sustainable and climate-smart farming practices.

With a regional content focus and international delegation, the summit offers a platform for sharing best practice, making new connections, and forming long-lasting business relationships.

The African Youth SDGs Summit is Africa’s largest youth forum on the Sustainable Development Goals. Launched in 2017, the Summit has evolved to bring together a multi-sector coalition of youth, development experts, government and UN entities, NGOs and the private sector to create the Africa we want together.

Once again, the African Youth Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Summit will be held both virtually and physically. We look forward to welcoming participants across Africa and around the world to connect and participate virtually, alongside a limited, in-person gathering of participants in Accra,Ghana.

Connect, network, and learn from a pan-African audience and contribute to an inspiring and constructive debate on the role of youth in the SDGs. Africa’s future is ours if we reach for it together. Are you in?

Where Innovation Powers Sustainable Business

Big ideas change the world — but only when we turn them into action. Enter Trellis Impact.
Innovation is reshaping every corner of sustainable business. Trellis Impact brings together the leaders powering the future of carbon, energy, circular economy, climate tech and beyond to spark breakthrough ideas, scale solutions, and build powerful partnerships that will drive the clean economy forward.